@marcwillerskc.bsky.social
Barrister @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social Fighting to protect the environment and rights of Gypsies/Travellers/Roma in the UK and Ireland. Posting in a personal capacity.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
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At this point, some leaked videos might help.
February 4, 2026 at 11:54 AM
At this point, some leaked videos might help.
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Important new @annualreviews.bsky.social review on #AMOC collapse. 🌊⚠️
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
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🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Important new @annualreviews.bsky.social review on #AMOC collapse. 🌊⚠️
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
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🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
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In short: the #AMOC is weakening, may collapse this century, &even small shifts could trigger abrupt change
These tipping points are a major national security blind spot, threatening food, energy &global stability, they must be addressed urgently
As argued here by @laurielaybourn.bsky.social et al
These tipping points are a major national security blind spot, threatening food, energy &global stability, they must be addressed urgently
As argued here by @laurielaybourn.bsky.social et al
The security blind spot: Cascading climate impacts and tipping points threaten national security | IPPR
The new UK government has initiated a Strategic Defence Review and is undertaking a review of national resilience. Security threats resulting from climate
www.ippr.org
February 5, 2026 at 8:05 AM
In short: the #AMOC is weakening, may collapse this century, &even small shifts could trigger abrupt change
These tipping points are a major national security blind spot, threatening food, energy &global stability, they must be addressed urgently
As argued here by @laurielaybourn.bsky.social et al
These tipping points are a major national security blind spot, threatening food, energy &global stability, they must be addressed urgently
As argued here by @laurielaybourn.bsky.social et al
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“Some are saying we’ll have a 10% GDP loss at between 3C and 4C degrees [of global heating], but the physical climate scientists are saying the economy and society will cease to function as we know"
Damn right we are saying this
We are in deep, deep, sh*t
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Damn right we are saying this
We are in deep, deep, sh*t
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:07 AM
“Some are saying we’ll have a 10% GDP loss at between 3C and 4C degrees [of global heating], but the physical climate scientists are saying the economy and society will cease to function as we know"
Damn right we are saying this
We are in deep, deep, sh*t
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Damn right we are saying this
We are in deep, deep, sh*t
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
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Obsessing over water supplies & worried that there's no captain on this ship. Nobody knows the true picture over who's using the critical resource, and the global picture is pretty dire. I've pulled my latest articles together to try to make sense of it watershedinvestigations.com/dry-taps-flo...
February 5, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Obsessing over water supplies & worried that there's no captain on this ship. Nobody knows the true picture over who's using the critical resource, and the global picture is pretty dire. I've pulled my latest articles together to try to make sense of it watershedinvestigations.com/dry-taps-flo...
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I’ll be speaking at @publiclawproject.bsky.social's Public Law and the Planet conference on 3 March in London.
This event brings together activists, community groups, lawyers and NGOs. Join us in person or online! Concessionary and free tickets available
publiclawproject.org.uk/events/publi...
This event brings together activists, community groups, lawyers and NGOs. Join us in person or online! Concessionary and free tickets available
publiclawproject.org.uk/events/publi...
Public Law and the Planet - Public Law Project
3 March 2026 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm - How can we use the law to ensure governments deliver climate justice? At a time when the impacts of the climate crisis are becoming ever more urgent, this event off...
publiclawproject.org.uk
February 3, 2026 at 9:07 AM
I’ll be speaking at @publiclawproject.bsky.social's Public Law and the Planet conference on 3 March in London.
This event brings together activists, community groups, lawyers and NGOs. Join us in person or online! Concessionary and free tickets available
publiclawproject.org.uk/events/publi...
This event brings together activists, community groups, lawyers and NGOs. Join us in person or online! Concessionary and free tickets available
publiclawproject.org.uk/events/publi...
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Together, @oceanauk.bsky.social + @zslofficial.bsky.social examined research on harm to wildlife from 1000s of oil spills in UK waters, finding evidence of:
- lung lesions in bottlenose dolphins
- harm to the livers of minke whales
- orcas + dolphins less able to successfully reproduce
- lung lesions in bottlenose dolphins
- harm to the livers of minke whales
- orcas + dolphins less able to successfully reproduce
February 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Together, @oceanauk.bsky.social + @zslofficial.bsky.social examined research on harm to wildlife from 1000s of oil spills in UK waters, finding evidence of:
- lung lesions in bottlenose dolphins
- harm to the livers of minke whales
- orcas + dolphins less able to successfully reproduce
- lung lesions in bottlenose dolphins
- harm to the livers of minke whales
- orcas + dolphins less able to successfully reproduce
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Please support this campaign to ensure that anyone facing strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPP) has equality of arms and full access to swift justice. Better still, let’s ask our government to recognise the abusive nature of SLAPPs and stop them being used to stifle free speech.
🚨 The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition has a clear message for PM #KeirStarmer: include universal anti-SLAPP protections in the 2026 King’s Speech.
Today, 127+ representatives have published an open letter calling for parliamentary time to stamp out #SLAPPs ⬇️
antislapp.uk/2026/01/28/m...
Today, 127+ representatives have published an open letter calling for parliamentary time to stamp out #SLAPPs ⬇️
antislapp.uk/2026/01/28/m...
Over 120 editors, lawyers, academics, journalists, publishers and civil society representatives call on the Government to give parliamentary time to stamp out SLAPPs. - UK Anti-Slapp Coalition
On 28 January 2026, 127 representatives called on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to include anti-SLAPP provisions in the next King’s Speech.
antislapp.uk
January 28, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Please support this campaign to ensure that anyone facing strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPP) has equality of arms and full access to swift justice. Better still, let’s ask our government to recognise the abusive nature of SLAPPs and stop them being used to stifle free speech.
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All while water resources are becoming more + more stretched. Water security + passive cooling need to be at the heart of all planning measures.
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January 27, 2026 at 10:29 AM
All while water resources are becoming more + more stretched. Water security + passive cooling need to be at the heart of all planning measures.
share.google/BS3ZMsQdXNVe...
share.google/BS3ZMsQdXNVe...
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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All of this horror, murder, trump’s popularity, is based on the irrational (racist) notion that immigrants are bad, criminals and need to be purged from the nation. This must be challenged. We need new pragmatic understanding of citizenship and human mobility. #NomadCentury
January 25, 2026 at 10:41 AM
All of this horror, murder, trump’s popularity, is based on the irrational (racist) notion that immigrants are bad, criminals and need to be purged from the nation. This must be challenged. We need new pragmatic understanding of citizenship and human mobility. #NomadCentury
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Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God we have video, because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It's nonsense and it is lies."
January 24, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God we have video, because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It's nonsense and it is lies."
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Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
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Half the world's 100 largest cities are experiencing high water stress, where the amount of water being used is perilously close to exceeding what's available. Now, climate change is drying already stretched water supplies. Our new article, out now:
share.google/EUPGwaOZefaC...
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Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds
Exclusive: Beijing, Delhi, Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro among worst affected, with demand close to exceeding supply
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January 22, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Half the world's 100 largest cities are experiencing high water stress, where the amount of water being used is perilously close to exceeding what's available. Now, climate change is drying already stretched water supplies. Our new article, out now:
share.google/EUPGwaOZefaC...
share.google/EUPGwaOZefaC...
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Disinformation around climate action is surging just as threats escalate.
Governments can’t sit by in silence while public understanding is undermined.
Resilience comes from honest communication.
Time for a televised emergency briefing. MPs please sign:
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
Governments can’t sit by in silence while public understanding is undermined.
Resilience comes from honest communication.
Time for a televised emergency briefing. MPs please sign:
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
January 22, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Disinformation around climate action is surging just as threats escalate.
Governments can’t sit by in silence while public understanding is undermined.
Resilience comes from honest communication.
Time for a televised emergency briefing. MPs please sign:
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
Governments can’t sit by in silence while public understanding is undermined.
Resilience comes from honest communication.
Time for a televised emergency briefing. MPs please sign:
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
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Residents say that is not the first such attack, nor the first time the police have failed to respond to emergency calls. ERRC lawyer Andrea Čolak points to the police failure to consider violence a hate crime as indicative of a wider problem in Serbian law enforcement. www.errc.org/news/masked-...
January 22, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Residents say that is not the first such attack, nor the first time the police have failed to respond to emergency calls. ERRC lawyer Andrea Čolak points to the police failure to consider violence a hate crime as indicative of a wider problem in Serbian law enforcement. www.errc.org/news/masked-...
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NEW: Scottish actor Brian Cox is among almost 400 millionaires who have signed an open letter to world leaders in Davos calling for a tax on the super-rich
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
January 21, 2026 at 7:45 AM
NEW: Scottish actor Brian Cox is among almost 400 millionaires who have signed an open letter to world leaders in Davos calling for a tax on the super-rich
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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It’s incredible that Farage was too ill to go on BBC Breakfast last minute, but has enough energy to do a Reform rally and Davos this week.
He must have a severe allergy to scrutiny.
He must have a severe allergy to scrutiny.
January 20, 2026 at 1:08 PM
It’s incredible that Farage was too ill to go on BBC Breakfast last minute, but has enough energy to do a Reform rally and Davos this week.
He must have a severe allergy to scrutiny.
He must have a severe allergy to scrutiny.
I'm very excited to be appearing as Prosecutor in the mock trial before The Court of the Citizens of the World's Ecocide Tribunal on 16 February in Berlin. Here's the link to the Court's press release www.the-court.eu/the-ecocide-... and to its posting on instagram www.instagram.com/reel/DTaaf5x...
January 21, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I'm very excited to be appearing as Prosecutor in the mock trial before The Court of the Citizens of the World's Ecocide Tribunal on 16 February in Berlin. Here's the link to the Court's press release www.the-court.eu/the-ecocide-... and to its posting on instagram www.instagram.com/reel/DTaaf5x...
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Map of parts of the UK with potential for fracking exploration (British Geological Survey). There's a current pause on fracking in the UK & the government is considering making it illegal. Reform, however, have pledged to license fracking if elected.
nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/51...
nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/51...
January 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Map of parts of the UK with potential for fracking exploration (British Geological Survey). There's a current pause on fracking in the UK & the government is considering making it illegal. Reform, however, have pledged to license fracking if elected.
nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/51...
nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/51...